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With Her Blog Post About Toxic Bro-Culture at Uber, Susan Fowler Proved That One Person Can Make a Difference (recode.net)
Kara Swisher, writing for Recode: It was Lao Tzu who said that "the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." In the case of complete and utter change reeling through Uber right now -- culminating in the resignation of its once untouchable CEO Travis Kalanick -- it turns out that it began with one of the most epic blog posts to be written about what happens when a hot company becomes hostage to its increasingly dysfunctional and toxic behaviors. It was clear from the moment you read the 3,000-word post by former engineer Susan Fowler about her time at the car-hailing company that nothing was going to be the same. Titled simply, "Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber," the essay deftly and surgically laid out the map that the media and others would use to prove to its out-to-lunch board and waffling investors that Uber CEO Travis Kalanick had to go. In her account, Fowler was neither mean nor self-righteous, although in reading the story that she laid out about her horrible time there, it would have been completely fair for her to have taken that tone.
People do get forgotten over time.
While the effect of her actions may have long lasting effect. Her name will probably will not last long. So when looking for a job, chances are the background checks are not checking for activist fame, but criminal and job skills. Most companies even if they don't want to hire someone like her. May do so especially if she doesn't start ranting during the interview.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I'm represented by Verve and InkWell. [susanjfowler.com] And it looks like she's doing the public speaking circuit.
She's an author. I know this is shocking for some people on Slashdot, but she has a personal brand that exists independently of her tech job.
But, I have to agree with the GP, she's not going be hired by anyone ever.
According to her blog post, she left Uber and works at Stripe.
The HR software used these days will catch it and her application would be deleted.
I was out of work for two years, underemployed for six months, and filed for chapter seven bankruptcy in 2011. During that time I was told repeatedly by recruiters that I was "unemployable." The day after my bankruptcy got finalized, I had a new full-time job. The opinions of recruiters and HR software are overrated.
I would posit, that the overuse of harassment or discrimination by those on the left, women and minorities have been what has rendered the terms less useful, and overused and abused.
Sure, there are plenty of real occurrences of these abuses, however when so many folks found out they could make $$$ by crying 'wolf' and suing....well, the legitimate cases got lost in the mass of fake ones, and now....everyone is scared at the places of employment.
Its getting harder and harder to fire someone that is incompetent due to them being afraid of the fired employee crying discrimination or verbal sexual assault.
And that really isn't "political correctness"...that is mostly from the left screaming racism/sexism at anyone that either disagrees with them, OR may have actual studies that may show there actually are differences between the sexes, or races or racial cultures that are either pro/con when compared to other races/cultures or the opposite sex.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........